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Permit to Install Conditions for Keebler Company (PTI No. 206-08I) MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY AIR QUALITY DIVISION JANUARY 14, 2021 PERMIT TO INSTALL 206-08I ISSUED TO KEEBLER COMPANY LOCATED AT 310 28th STREET, S.E. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49548 IN THE COUNTY OF KENT STATE REGISTRATION NUMBER B4395 The Air Quality Division has approved this Permit to Install, pursuant to the delegation of authority from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. This permit is hereby issued in accordance with and subject to Section 5505(1) of Article II, Chapter I, Part 55, Air Pollution Control, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended. Pursuant to Air Pollution Control Rule 336.1201(1), this permit constitutes the permittee’s authority to install the identified emission unit(s) in accordance with all administrative rules of the Department and the attached conditions. Operation of the emission unit(s) identified in this Permit to Install is allowed pursuant to Rule 336.1201(6). DATE OF RECEIPT OF ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY RULE 203: December 17, 2020 DATE PERMIT TO INSTALL APPROVED: SIGNATURE: January 14, 2021 DATE PERMIT VOIDED: SIGNATURE: DATE PERMIT REVOKED: SIGNATURE: Keebler Company (B4395) January 14, 2021 Permit No. 206-08I Page 1 of 28 PERMIT TO INSTALL Table of Contents COMMON ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................................... 2 POLLUTANT / MEASUREMENT ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................ 3 GENERAL CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................... 4 EMISSION UNIT SPECIAL CONDITIONS ........................................................................................... 6 EMISSION UNIT SUMMARY TABLE ............................................................................................... 6 EUOVEN1B ..................................................................................................................................... 7 EUOVEN2 ...................................................................................................................................... 10 EUOVEN4 ...................................................................................................................................... 13 EUOVEN5 ...................................................................................................................................... 16 EUOVEN6 ...................................................................................................................................... 20 EUOVEN7 ...................................................................................................................................... 24 FGFACILITY CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................... 27 Keebler Company (B4395) January 14, 2021 Permit No. 206-08I Page 2 of 28 COMMON ACRONYMS AQD Air Quality Division BACT Best Available Control Technology CAA Clean Air Act CAM Compliance Assurance Monitoring CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System CFR Code of Federal Regulations COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring System Department/department/EGLE Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy EU Emission Unit FG Flexible Group GACS Gallons of Applied Coating Solids GC General Condition GHGs Greenhouse Gases HVLP High Volume Low Pressure* ID Identification IRSL Initial Risk Screening Level ITSL Initial Threshold Screening Level LAER Lowest Achievable Emission Rate MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology MAERS Michigan Air Emissions Reporting System MAP Malfunction Abatement Plan MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet NA Not Applicable NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards NESHAP National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants NSPS New Source Performance Standards NSR New Source Review PS Performance Specification PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration PTE Permanent Total Enclosure PTI Permit to Install RACT Reasonable Available Control Technology ROP Renewable Operating Permit SC Special Condition SCR Selective Catalytic Reduction SNCR Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction SRN State Registration Number TBD To Be Determined TEQ Toxicity Equivalence Quotient USEPA/EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency VE Visible Emissions Keebler Company (B4395) January 14, 2021 Permit No. 206-08I Page 3 of 28 POLLUTANT / MEASUREMENT ABBREVIATIONS acfm Actual cubic feet per minute BTU British Thermal Unit °C Degrees Celsius CO Carbon Monoxide CO2e Carbon Dioxide Equivalent dscf Dry standard cubic foot dscm Dry standard cubic meter °F Degrees Fahrenheit gr Grains HAP Hazardous Air Pollutant Hg Mercury hr Hour HP Horsepower H2S Hydrogen Sulfide kW Kilowatt lb Pound m Meter mg Milligram mm Millimeter MM Million MW Megawatts NMOC Non-Methane Organic Compounds NOx Oxides of Nitrogen ng Nanogram PM Particulate Matter PM10 Particulate Matter equal to or less than 10 microns in diameter PM2.5 Particulate Matter equal to or less than 2.5 microns in diameter pph Pounds per hour ppm Parts per million ppmv Parts per million by volume ppmw Parts per million by weight psia Pounds per square inch absolute psig Pounds per square inch gauge scf Standard cubic feet sec Seconds SO2 Sulfur Dioxide TAC Toxic Air Contaminant Temp Temperature THC Total Hydrocarbons tpy Tons per year µg Microgram µm Micrometer or Micron VOC Volatile Organic Compounds yr Year Keebler Company (B4395) January 14, 2021 Permit No. 206-08I Page 4 of 28 GENERAL CONDITIONS 1. The process or process equipment covered by this permit shall not be reconstructed, relocated, or modified, unless a Permit to Install authorizing such action is issued by the Department, except to the extent such action is exempt from the Permit to Install requirements by any applicable rule. (R 336.1201(1)) 2. If the installation, construction, reconstruction, relocation, or modification of the equipment for which this permit has been approved has not commenced within 18 months, or has been interrupted for 18 months, this permit shall become void unless otherwise authorized by the Department. Furthermore, the permittee or the designated authorized agent shall notify the Department via the Supervisor, Permit Section, Air Quality Division, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, P.O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7760, if it is decided not to pursue the installation, construction, reconstruction, relocation, or modification of the equipment allowed by this Permit to Install. (R 336.1201(4)) 3. If this Permit to Install is issued for a process or process equipment located at a stationary source that is not subject to the Renewable Operating Permit program requirements pursuant to Rule 210 (R 336.1210), operation of the process or process equipment is allowed by this permit if the equipment performs in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Permit to Install. (R 336.1201(6)(b)) 4. The Department may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, revoke this Permit to Install if evidence indicates the process or process equipment is not performing in accordance with the terms and conditions of this permit or is violating the Department’s rules or the Clean Air Act. (R 336.1201(8), Section 5510 of Act 451, PA 1994) 5. The terms and conditions of this Permit to Install shall apply to any person or legal entity that now or hereafter owns or operates the process or process equipment at the location authorized by this Permit to Install. If the new owner or operator submits a written request to the Department pursuant to Rule 219 and the Department approves the request, this permit will be amended to reflect the change of ownership or operational control. The request must include all of the information required by subrules (1)(a), (b), and (c) of Rule 219 and shall be sent to the District Supervisor, Air Quality Division, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. (R 336.1219) 6. Operation of this equipment shall not result in the emission of an air contaminant which causes injurious effects to human health or safety, animal life, plant life of significant economic value, or property, or which causes unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property. (R 336.1901) 7. The permittee shall provide notice of an abnormal condition, start-up, shutdown, or malfunction that results in emissions of a hazardous or toxic air pollutant which continue for more than one hour in excess of any applicable standard or limitation, or emissions of any air contaminant continuing for more than two hours in excess of an applicable standard or limitation, as required in Rule 912, to the Department. The notice shall be provided not later than two business days after start-up, shutdown, or discovery of the abnormal condition or malfunction. Written reports, if required, must be filed with the Department within 10 days after the start- up or shutdown occurred, within 10 days after the abnormal condition or malfunction has been corrected, or within 30 days of discovery of the abnormal condition or malfunction, whichever is first. The written reports shall include all of the information required in Rule 912(5). (R 336.1912) 8. Approval of this permit does not exempt the permittee from complying with any future applicable requirements which may be promulgated under Part 55 of 1994 PA 451, as amended or the Federal Clean Air
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